Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-23
MARRIAGE LICENSES,
United States Law Regarding
Licenses-The Manner of
Procedure.
A Serious Accident in a Wild
West Show by a Loaded
Gun at Clinton, Iowa.
Interesting to Those Contemplating Mat
rimony.

Interesting to Those Contemplating Mat
rimony.
1t Is pretty well understood now
mat at the last session of the legisla-
ure Of Montana q law was enacted
Nhich requires parties contemplating
matrimony to take out license from
the recorder of deeds of the county In
which they live. This law goes into
effect on September LIST. 1t also re.
quires that the party celebrating the
marriage shall certify the same to the
county clerk within three months, or
be fined $40 to $50 for neglect to do so.
But 1t is not generally known that at
the last session Of congress the law was
passed, principally In the interests Of
Utah, SO 1t is stated, but applying to
oil the territories, which requires that
all marriages celebrated in the terri.
tories shall be certified to by the min.
ister, priest or officer performing the
same to the probate court, under pen.
atty Of fine of not more than 81 900,
or Imprisonment for not more than
two years, or both fine and imprison.
ment. The law IL
IN FORCE AT PRESENT
and has been since congress adjourned
but very few persons are aware of its
provisions and tie fact that IL is now
In force. With all these safeguards
thrown around mstrimony, IL will be
impossible to cast any doubt upon the
legality of any connubial tie after Sep
tember lst, but il is open to conjec-
tire whether distractions placed in
the way of getting license may not
have depressing effect on the ardor
Of lovers. The sixth section of the act
Requires that while application shall
;he made to the county clerk for q
license. he must state in the license
the Christian and surnames of the
fathers Of both parties; the Christian
and maiden names of the mothers OF
both parties; the Christian and sur.
name of both parties; the residence OF
both parties, their place of birth, their
respective ages, their color and
whether previously married. The tes.
timony may be required to be
GIVEN UNDER OATH
II given In person, aid II application
is made by mail, the parties applying
must accompany their statement BY
an affidavit as to its correctness. Thii
is the trial that awaits a bsshful younl
man and maiden when they come tc
the county clerks Office and ask for {
license to marry. There lie only on,
way Of avoiding the embarrassment o.
the personal application. There II
nothing contained In the law which
prevents applicants for matrimony ap
plying for license to the clerk of ANY
other county than that in which the,
live, for the license must be obtaine,
from the clerk of the county wherein
the marriage 10 TO take place. So tina
If John Doe and Mary Roe, who liv
In Butte, want to avoid facing tn
music before the gentlemsnly an
polite young bachelors at the coul
house they can
MAKE OUT THEIR STATEMENT
and swear to an affidavit before q M
tary, and then send 1t to Helena wit
the accompanying fee OF 81, and tn
county clerk Of Lewis and Clark
county will forward the document I
them. when they can take the morn
ing train for the capital and get maj
ried when the arrive there.-Miner.